The Soufflé Also Rises and Apple-Tart Cooking Class

For nearly thirty years Linda and Ted Fondulas owned Hemingway’s Restaurant in Killington, Vermont. During those years they received numerous national and international accolades including an award from Food & Wine magazine as one of “The Top 25 Restaurants in America” and from Esquire they were noted as “One of the Great Restaurants of the World.” Plus from Robert Mondavi an award for excellence in wine pairing included a life-size portrait of Chef Ted.

Notably, Linda and Ted were also Vermont’s vanguard in the state’s culinary arena, focusing on American cuisine and local products in 1982—long before the term farm-to-table existed. Shortly after this, they created a nightly wine and food tasting menu, becoming at that time a national forerunner in the restaurant industry.

Ted and Linda also created and directed several culinary excursions to France, Italy, & Vermont which were called Food Odysseys.

They have hosted and overseen many weddings and affairs and now turn their talents to their beloved Vermont home dubbed Back of the Moon, from which they operate Odyssey Events with cooking classes and their land as a wedding venue.